When it comes to cross-platform mobile development, two frameworks dominate the conversation. Both are mature, both ship real products at scale, and the honest answer to 'which is better' is that the deciding factor is usually your team rather than the technology.
React Native wins when you already have React expertise and meaningful shared logic with a web application. The mental model transfers directly, and the ecosystem overlap is a genuine cost saving.
Flutter wins when pixel-identical rendering across platforms matters, or when you need heavy custom UI and animation. Rendering its own widgets means fewer platform surprises and a very consistent visual result.
Where both struggle equally: deep platform integrations, tight OS-level features, and anything that needs the newest native API on day one. Plan for some native code either way.
